View source for Althaea ← Althaea You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Althaea |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 686. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 307. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Marshmallow;guimauve |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Althaea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Althaea]]</div></div> |etymology=For Althaea, wife of King Oeneus of Aetolia or Calydon |volume=Volume 6 |mention_page=page 218, 228, 286 |treatment_page=page 231 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, usually hairy, hairs stellate or simple, not viscid. <b>Stems</b> erect to decumbent. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules persistent or caducous, subulate or linear to lanceolate, simple to 2 or 3-fid; blade reniform, deltate-ovate, or ovate, bluntly or acutely lobed or palmately parted, base cuneate, truncate, obtuse, or cordate, margins crenate to coarsely dentate or serrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers or in 2–4-flowered fascicles, these concentrated on ends of stems and branches; involucel present, bractlets persistent, 6–9(–12), connate basally. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx not or slightly accrescent, not inflated, campanulate, 5-lobed, lobes connate basally, not ribbed, ovate or lanceolate, apex obtuse, acuminate, or apiculate; corolla rotate to wide-campanulate, white or pink to lilac-purple or bluish, petals asymmetric, schizocarpic achenes, erect, not inflated, reniform to orbicular, rounded to angled, unwinged, not or slightly indurate, stellate-pilose-hairy or glabrous, indehiscent; mericarps [8–]10–20[–24], 1-celled. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per mericarp, reniform-round, minutely rugulose, glabrous. <b>x</b> = 21.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Europe;w;c Asia (Mediterranean region). |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 6–12 (4 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Two of the species of <i>Althaea</i> in the flora area occur in cultivation and rarely escape. The perennial species generally have stellate pubescence and the annual species generally have simple hairs; both have pink to purple anthers; the annuals are thought by some to be better placed within the genus <i>Malva</i>. <i>Althaea</i> is very similar to <i>Alcea</i>, and the latter has been combined with it by various authors. Hybrids between the two (×Alcathaea Hinsley) have been described, as have hybrids between <i>Malva</i> and <i>Althaea</i> (×Malvalthaea Iljin). See discussion under 13. <i>Alcea</i> for more information.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Annuals, hispid-hirsute; petals to 1 1/2 times as long as calyx; staminal columns glabrous; anthers pale pink to almost white (yellow). |[[Althaea hirsuta|Althaea hirsuta]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Perennials, stellate-hairy; petals (1.1–)2–3 times as long as calyx; staminal columns clavate-hairy or glabrous; anthers purple |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaves unlobed or at most 3(–5)-lobed 1/2 to midrib; mericarps densely stellate-hairy. |[[Althaea officinalis|Althaea officinalis]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaves palmately divided 1/2+ to midrib, 5-lobed; mericarps glabrous or stellate-hairy |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Peduncles many-flowered; mericarps stellate-pilose-hairy. |[[Althaea armeniaca|Althaea armeniaca]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Peduncles 2–3-flowered; mericarps glabrous. |[[Althaea cannabina|Althaea cannabina]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Althaea |author=Steven R. Hill |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Malvaceae |distribution=Europe;w;c Asia (Mediterranean region). |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_412.xml |subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae |genus=Althaea }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Malvaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Althaea.